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Dr Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

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Work Department

Competition / Antitrust; Merger Control; EU Law; Compliance; Automotive & Mobility; Life Sciences & Healthcare; Technology, Media & Communications; Sports & Gambling

Position

Partner 

Marco Hartmann-Rüppel  is head of the Competition, EU & Trade Practice Group at Taylor Wessing. He has well over 20 years of experience in providing advice and solutions on all areas of German and European competition law. He supports national and international clients in proceedings at the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission (especially in cartel and abuse cases as well as merger control proceedings) and represents them before German and European courts. He is specialized in civil competition law proceedings especially with regard to cartel damage claims. He also advises on the structuring of cooperation agreements and joint ventures as well as on distribution and licence agreements. Beyond this he is active in the implementation of compliance programs. He is also an expert for EU law in general, especially regarding the European fundamental freedoms (like free movement of goods and services) and its relationship to national laws.

Marco is a member of the TW Industry Groups Automotive/Mobility, Life Science/Healthcare and Technology, Media & Communication as well as the TW Sports Group. For several years he was managing partner of the TW Brussels office.

Marco studied law, business and economics at the universities of Göttingen and Leuven/Belgium. He is a visiting lecturer in cartel law at the Humboldt University in Berlin and regularly he publishes articles and lectures on topics of competition and EU law. He is a member of the cartel law expert committee of the GRUR (German Association of the Protection of IP) and of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht.

Career

  • Since 1998 Partner, Taylor Wessing

Languages

German, English, Dutch

Memberships

  • Fachausschuss Kartellrecht in der GRUR
  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Education

  • 2001 Doctoral degree on a theme of European merger control and air traffic, Georg–August–University, Göttingen
  • 1998 Established as a lawyer, Hamburg and Brussels
  • 1998 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
  • 1995 Legal clerkship, Hamburg, Berlin and Cape Town
  • 1993 Research assistant, Georg–August–University, Göttingen
  • 1991 Dipl.–Volkswirt
  • 1987 Legal and economics studies, Göttingen and Leuven, Belgium

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Public sector > State aid

Taylor Wessing‘s team focuses its state aid advice on clients from the healthcare and infrastructure sectors as well as from the public finance sphere. Procurement and EU state aid expert Michael Brüggemann assists companies and project sponsors with the funding of future-oriented construction and infrastructure projects as well as digitalisation projects in connection with the Hospital Future Act. Under the leadership of antitrust expert Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, the practice further advises on insolvency applications and restructuring.

Germany > Public sector > Public procurement

Thanks to its in-depth expertise in strategic project support and dispute resolution, Taylor Wessing is able to provide comprehensive advice on procurement law to federal and state ministries as well as various companies and institutions on the bidding and tendering side. The practice focuses on defense and infrastructure as well as healthcare and assists with tenders and contracts for important administrative and clinical digitalisation projects and also represents large companies in security-relevant bidding procedures. While practice head Marco Hartmann-Rüppel assists with procurement antitrust issues, Michael Brüggemann is experienced in defense procurement and represents the public sector in procurement and review proceedings, among other matters.

Germany > Antitrust

Taylor Wessing is experienced in transaction support in connection with merger controls, official antitrust proceedings, antitrust compliance as well as cooperation agreements and internal investigations; Recent instructions pertain to matters in the digital economy and antitrust damages. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel heads the team from Hamburg and is experienced in supporting international transactions and strategic cooperations, where he also covers issues at the interface with IP law. In Düsseldorf, Stephan Manuel Nagel boasts relevant expertise in distribution antitrust law and contract-related antitrust matters.

Germany > Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law

Taylor Wessing‘s competition, EU & trade practice specialises in trade compliance and routinely advises clients from the infrastructure and industrial sectors on export control, German and EU sanctions as well as FDI. Thanks to the close international network, the team covers matters pertaining to Russia-related sanctions as well as US regulations. Trade compliance expert Michael Brüggemann is well versed in investment control proceedings and is a key contact for sanctions law. Practice head Marco Hartmann-Rüppel has expertise in investment control.

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